Facebook Data Crisis: CEO Zuckerberg faces US lawmakers for second day

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Angry US lawmakers have grilled Mark Zuckerberg for the second day on Capitol Hill. The Facebook CEO said he'd be open to some sort of regulations to protect the privacy of Facebook users -- and he also said his own data was transferred to Cambridge Analytica. Jim Spellman reports from Washington.

Another day, another apology from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

MARK ZUCKERBERG FACEBOOK CEO "It's clear now we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm and that goes for fake news, elections interference and hate speech."

The social media giant is facing criticism after it was reported that data from as many as 87 million Facebook users was transferred without consent to Cambridge Analytica - a British political consulting firm used by the Trump 2016 presidential campaign. Zuckerberg revealed that his own data was part of the breach.

CONGRESSWOMAN ANNA ESHOO CALIFORNIA DEMOCRAT "Was your data included in the data sold to the malicious third parties? Your personal data?"

Lawmakers challenged the CEO to do more to protect user data-with Zuckerberg insisting users control their own data.

CONGRESSMAN FRANK PALLONE NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT "Will you make the commitment to changing all their user default settings to minimize, to the greatest extent possible, the collection and use of user's data? I don't think that's hard for you to say yes to, unless I'm missing something."

MARK ZUCKERBERG FACEBOOK CEO "Congressman, this is a complex issue that I think deserves more than a one word answer."

CONGRESSMAN FRANK PALLONE NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT "Well, again, that's disappointing to me."

Zuckerberg says Facebook is changing how data is handled, promising to place increased limits on what data developers can access and how that data is used. Lawmakers hinted that if Facebook doesn't do enough, Congress will step in-something Zuckerberg admits is likely to happen.

MARK ZUCKERBERG FACEBOOK CEO "The Internet is growing in importance around the world and people's lives. And I think that it is inevitable that there will need to be some regulation. So my position is not that there should be no regulation. But I also think that you have to be careful about what regulation you put in place."